Silence is the Highest Peace...

In the silence is the highest peace

because wavering is the intellect's unreal work;

there the knowers of the Eternal,

mighty-souled,

enjoy unbroken happiness of partless bliss,

recognizing the Self as the Eternal.


There is no higher cause of joy than silence

where no mind-pictures dwell;

it belongs to him who has understood the Self's own being;

who is full of the essence of the bliss of the Self.


Through unwavering ecstasy

is clearly understood the reality of the Eternal,

fixed and sure.

This cannot be when other thoughts are confused with it,

by the motions of the mind.

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The above Sri Sankara quotes are from the book

The Seven Steps to Awakening.